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Lustrousstone:
No I don't mean me!  8)

Picked this up in a local charity shop and was surprised to discover it had a registered number on the bottom - 796404.

flower pot
base

I've pinned the registration date down to 1930/31 but not to who. Can anyone help please? It also has UCB on the bottom, which I think may be UCB Chemicals of Belgium. They are involved in glass maufacture, although currently fibreglass and laminated glass.

Has anyone else found anything like it? It's 12 cm diameter and height, near enough a standard 5 inch pot.

Anne:
796404 is by the United Glass Bottle Co (it'll be UGB not UCB) registered on 18/09/1934 (source: The Glass Association, Registration Numbers 1908-1945 - collquially referred to as the Blue Book).  Hope this helps. :)

Lustrousstone:
Thank you Anne, that makes sense as it is bottle brown! The G has a very tiny upright!

Anne E.B.:
Christine, I have a Kingfisher decorated bowl made by the same company, and funnily enough it looks a similar amber colour to your planter.    Here's the link with some interesting info.
http://www.glassmessages.com/index.php/topic,3714.0.html

Anne E.B. :wink:

Lustrousstone:
Thanks for those links Anne. Looks like my flowerpot never got to see much of the world, as I found it less than 10 miles from Ravenhead/ Sherdley in Widnes.  I presume there would have been a matching saucer to catch the water.

UBG were obviously trying to get into all sorts of markets. How big is your kingfisher bowl? Maybe it's a planter for a flowerpot; the raised circles could be for helping to prevent waterlogging.

Have you ever been to World of Glass at St Helen's? I need to go again and look at it with new eyes, having discovered glass :D

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